Movies about boxing
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- DirectorGeorge Loane TuckerStarsJune GailFrank StanmoreGeorge BellamyA man poses as a boxer to impress a barmaid and is forced to fight the champion.
- DirectorFrank WilsonStarsStewart RomeViolet HopsonLionelle HowardAn Earl's sister returns to a boxer in time to help him win.
- DirectorWilliam WorthingtonStarsBryant WashburnGertrude SelbyA young man trades places with a lookalike boxer and learns to fight for what he wants.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsWallace ReidLois WilsonLionel BelmoreYoung William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not welcomed when he pursues Lady Elizabeth Galton, and indeed he is not only beaten by her cousin but thrown out by his own father for the disgrace he has caused. He travels to the United States where he becomes a champion prizefighter. Upon his return to England, he finds circumstances quite changed for Lady Galton and he sets out to change her circumstances further.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMonte BluePatsy Ruth MillerWillard LouisIn the New York City neighborhood known as "Hogan's Alley," pugilist Lefty O'Brien becomes engaged to local tomboy Patsy Ryan, against the wishes of her father, Michael. During a championship fight with Battling Savage, Lefty breaks his left hand and leaves his opponent close to death. Believing he is in trouble with the law, Lefty finds refuge with Patsy, but her father turns the young couple out. When Patsy is injured, Michael seeks help from wealthy Dr. Emmett Franklin, who takes more than a professional interest in his patient. He invites Michael and Patsy to a dinner that turns into a wild party. Lefty crashes the event and demands that Patsy leave with him; she refuses and returns his engagement ring. The doctor invites father and daughter to his mountain lodge, then leaves Michael stranded at the railroad station. Lefty comes to Michael's aid and they pursue the train in an automobile. The two vehicles collide and a portion of the train breaks loose. Patsy is trapped inside a runaway car, and Lefty employs an airplane to rescues her. The two lovers marry and make their fortune in plumbing, much to Michael's pleasure.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSnitz EdwardsSally O'NeilA love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
- DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsBilly SullivanCharlotte MerriamJack HerrickThe town is depending on Jimmy O'Day to be the victor in a prizefight so that money can bring back jobs. His girlfriend Alice stands by him as he deals with the pressure of training and people's expectations.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsRichard DixFrances HowardTheodore BabcockComing face-to-face with a couple of ruffians, champion boxer Terrence O'Rourke and construction worker Bull Malarkey, the equally tough Randall Savage flattens each with a single punch. Randall has a romantic interest in Dorothy Clark, whose father is erecting a new building. To get closer to her, Randall lands a job as a riveter. He then learns that not only is Bull Malarkey foreman of the crew, but is plotting to ruin Dorothy's father in business as well. Randall makes sure that does not happen.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarl BrissonLillian Hall-DavisIan HunterTwo boxers compete for the love of a woman.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsRichard DixMary BrianJack RenaultAt a cabaret, steel worker Dundee Reilly meets Mary Malone, sister of former boxing champion Pat Malone. When Mary is accosted by prizefighter Killer Agerra, Dundee knocks his rival unconscious. Under Pat's guidance, Dundee trains for a scheduled bout with Agerra. However, Dundee is framed for a shooting, and spends his prison term working in a quarry and developing his muscles. Following his release, Dundee substitutes for another fighter against Agerra. Acting on intuition, Mary informs Dundee that he was framed by his opponent, spurring him on to win in the final round.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsAileen PringleHugh TrevorDorothy GulliverBobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, on the eve of his biggest fight, he becomes entangled in the snare of a dishonest woman and ends up framed.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJoe E. BrownWinnie LightnerGeorges CarpentierA man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperIrene RichAn alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLew AyresRobert ArmstrongJean HarlowPrizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsJames CagneyMarian NixonGuy KibbeeYoung boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. To help her, Jim endangers his health with a tough boxing match in Tijuana. Before long, he's back fighting while Peggy stays in the desert. But in the city, after new triumphs, Jim meets Joan, a teasing Society blonde. Will he see through her before it's too late?
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsBen LyonConstance CummingsThelma ToddAn up-and-coming boxer (Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a female fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan; they co-starred in "The Hot Heiress" (1931). This one is directed by Edward Buzzell. 74 minutes.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsRegis ToomeyDorothy SebastianEdward WoodsPrizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Loretta YoungAline MacMahonPrizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. He hides out at a health farm for invalid children and begins to lose his cynicism under the influence of the children and of Peggy and Mrs. Moore, who run the farm. When a detective recognizes him, Jimmy must decide whether to escape or stay and face his responsibilities to the children.
- DirectorHarry Joe BrownStarsJack OakieThomas MeighanMarian Nixon
- DirectorRalph DawsonStarsEsmond KnightPat PetersonEllis IrvingA news-vendor is forced into fighting a sick friend for the championship.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeHoward HawksStarsMyrna LoyMax BaerPrimo CarneraAn ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
- DirectorBenjamin StoloffStarsJimmy DuranteLupe VelezStuart ErwinKnobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsPat O'BrienGlenda FarrellClaire DoddRitzy McCarty is a fighter managed by his wife Joan, who wants him only to fight until they have the money to build a better life. However, he has other ideas.
- DirectorRedd DavisStarsLen HarveyArchie PittBetty Ann DaviesA young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.